Sequential predictions of menstrual cycle lengths

Biostatistics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 741-755

  Bortot, Paola ^a   Masarotto, Guido ^b   Scarpa, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical dynamic model; Follicular phase; Gibbs Sampler; Menstrual cycle length; State space model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COITUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY TEMPERATURE; COITUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956208192     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxq020     Document Type: Article

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